Entry #1

Dear Journal,



     Hello. I just got you today from my grandmother. My name is Acotas. Me and my family are part of the Bella Coola tribe on the Pacific Northwest coast of Canada. My great Uncle Mauki is our chief of our tribe. He gives the best hunters in our tribe tips on how you know you have good meat that is healthy, and where to find lots of fish. We eat salmon, bear, berries, and cama plant roots. In my tribe, we make wooden fences that we put across a stream. After a few hours, we come back to the stream and we capture the fish. We store it through the year. My house is pretty big. It is made of wood. My house is called a Long House. It can hold 30-40 people. Very many people live in my house with me.
     Today, I helped Grandmother and Mother prepare breakfast. We had bear and berries. After breakfast, me and my father went and put the fence into the stream. When I went back to find the fish, I noticed that I had caught a lot. We would be having a little more than usual that night for dinner. When I came back home with a basket of fish, Me and my Grandmother went to the creek to wash our clothes. By the time we came back, it was about time to start preparing for dinner. We made salmom, berries, and cama roots. After dinner, we made a fire. Our house gets very cold at night, so we have a fire pit in the center. It heats up the house very quickly. I love how it feels when the warm air touches your face. Well, it's about time for bed. Bye!

Yours truly,
Acotas